In my previous blogpost I told you that my region suffered
of a serious drought and I asked for some rain. Well, be careful what you ask
for, because before you know, you can get it. So, on Tuesday, we got a real
heavy downpour with huge gusts of winds, whereby a number of trees fell down,
all this in about a quarter of an hour. Okay, it watered the dry meadows and
fields and it freshened the air and because lots of pollen washed away too, I'm feeling much better now, hurray!

With renewed energy I’ve made a start with a few new
miniatures: traditional Sussex trugs, originally from England. A few weeks ago
I got from someone a piece of very thin wood veneer, which is glued on wafer
thin paper. She found it in the sales corner of her bookshop and took it with
her for me. After I got it I immediately got the idea of making a Sussex trug
from this material, just as I did before, but than I used a wooden chip box.

After I made the big trug, after example of the one I made
earlier, I tried to make a smaller trug. But the bending didn't go so easy,
despite of the thin material and I really needed all my fingers for keeping all
strips bent and in place for gluing them together (you don’t want to know what
words I've called ;O). Than, after I used the tiny clamps of Bindels Ornaments,
website: https://www.bindelsornaments.nl/product/ov-935-per-2/
, it was a bit better doable.

At the point where the strips of the bottom meet each other, the edge has become quite thick, but still I’m satisfied with the result.

Now I’m thinking about how I’ll make the tiny copper tacks
in miniature. Probably I’ll give an “impression” of those tiny tacks, with
using something of copper, because for real tacks this material is way too thin and they would be out of scale.

I've noticed that I have (again) difficulties for leaving
comments on blogs, probably it has to do with the GDPR?? Or maybe some bloggers
have changed their settings after entering the new law for privacy, or is this happening automatically and maybe on my blog too..? For
example Megan (Wallace), unfortunately I can’t leave a comment on your blog, does somone know how come..?

This morning it was nice cool outside, so I took my bike for
a nice ride and I so enjoyed the view!

22 opmerkingen:

Hello dear Ilona, Whilst I have been enjoing finnish summer you have created the most beautiful things! Our May was very warm and sunny. Today we got a little spring shower with a heavy wind. So your post sounds familiar to me. I think our weather is now back to normal summer level. :D-I wish you a lovely summerdays!Hugs, piikko

Your trugs are perfect - what great veneer material, it's absolutely the right scale for these. I've made trugs and I know how tricky it is to get it right....not enough fingers!As always yuor fruit and vegetables are just right.

I love your trug boxes, Ilona! And the photo with the vegetables, looks just delicious.I'm having enddless troubles with comments on my blog, I've contacted Blogger but received no help so far. First, I stopped receiving notification emails when someone commented on my blog, then all of a sudden comments changed to G+ and most people could not comment. I went into my account and manually changed it back, and whoops!, a whole lot of comments simply disappeared before I could reply to them. I do hope people don't think I did it deliberately. I will put a little note at the end of my next blog post.Hope you have a happy week, and don't worry too much about the GDPR, I'm sure it's a lot of hot air and things will be back to the way we are used to them soon!

Your trugs are gorgeous, especially with the beautiful fruits and vegetables inside. Each time you amaze me with your stunning work.I hope you'll have good weather and make lots of lovely opportunities to walk around and shoot photos to share of your beautiful countryside.Hugs, Drora

Isn't it terrifying somehow that a tree that was proud and strong for many years can become history in just a few minutes? I'm sorry to hear your region was affected by the heavy storms and rains… I'm glad there was no damage at your place and that the needed rain allows you to go outside again. My, your trugs turned out awesome… this material is very interesting and just perfect for this kind of Ilona-working-miniature-miracles. Your vegetables and fruits are fantastic, they make a wonderful match with the trugs.